Crease-retaining device for hats



J. KORN. GREASE RETAINING DEVICE FOR HATS.

PatentedSept."l4,1920.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. H1 I919.

abimdo, ATTORNEYS .JosEPH K031i, or}

CREA SE-BETAINI iiG pn v'lon memes-i To all whom'z't'may concern; i

- 'Beit known that I, JOSEPH KoRN, aciti- ."zen of therUnited States, residing i at New ark,- inthecountyof Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented-certain new and useful Improvements 1n-Crease-Reta1n1ng Devices for .Hats {and I do hereby declare the following to bea full,clear ,'and exact I description of the'invention, such as ;will

enable others skilled in the art to-whichit app'ertains to make-and use the same, reference being had to the'ac co'mpanying drawings, and to characters of reference marked thereon, which'torm apart or this-specification. l H, 1 This nvention has ireference,-'- v generally,

; to improvements in crease-retaining devices for hats and,v the present invention relates,

more. particularly toan improved device .I 20

plied, the device being provided with reengagement" jmembers or wlngs.

silient adapted to be located upon the opposite sides of the crease of the vhat and beingadapted to be compressed against the said sides of the crease, with a view of providing marginal retaining means which will positively engage the opposite surface-portions of the crease of the hat, so that the said crease-retaining device is not apt to work loose and drop ofii, T 1 V These and otherobjects will be fully elaborated in and willbe evident and under-. stood from the following description of the present invention;

The said inventlonconslsts, primarily, in the general constructlon of crease-retaining device for hats hereinafter more fully set forth; and, the said invention consists,-fur thermore in' the generalarrangement and combination of the variousparts of the said device, all ofwhich will be more fullydescribed'in the said specification,v and then finally embodied in the clausesof the claims is fitted the' novel crease retainingidevicef8,

cause the same at 1 swa we eeeiedsai. 1 ,1920;

which are appended-to, which fo'rrnv i essential part of the said specification v accompanying;drawings, in which 3 Figure-iris a' transverse vertical'fse'ction" .ofiia creased hatshow1ng= in; connection therewith, and alsol'in' section, my novel crease-retalnlng' device in its engagement 7 V I The invention is clearly illustrated the e 1 with the opposite surfaceportions of thelcrease formed in the hat-glandigs'2 is a perspective :view of the said crease 'retaining dev ce, detached from the hat, said [view 7 being'made on air-enlarged scale; f; f Smnlar characters oi"- Qreference 5 are employed in thef sald "aboverdescr bed v ews to indicate{corresponding partsz- Referring 'nowlto the saiddrawings; he

reference-chara'cte ar I-f designates asoft-type hat,-the' upper, portion of which is inwardly this; crease, upon the inside'of the hat crow-n,

said device being bent into Ushaped crosssection, substantially as illustrated in" said showing one embodiment ot the-f principles of; the presen-tinventior11 The said vretaining Idevi'ce' B which =-is'; usually" made from T n:

ti'vely thin sheet metal, such as aluminum,

material,- 'coniprises a pair of wings '4 which are oppositely placed, as shown, said Wings Fig-r1 of the drawings'ganfd'the'saiddevicer butkw hich mayibe macle of any othersuitfable being oined by a-shorter central portion 5.

When placed within the hat, the device 3 is folded longitudinally of this short central" portion 5, so as to bring the wings 4 against .the inner side-portions 610i the crease 2,

substantially as shown in said ig. 1 of the drawings, and in -which' position the said device can be laterally squeezed, in the direction of the arrows indicated :in said Fig. '1, so as to securely clamp the'said crease and all times to retainits, proper position." 1" 1 j The outer edge portions of the wings 4 of-thesaid crease-retaining device are pref- I erably flared, as at 6, to form narrow flanges which surround the saidwings and which adds stiffness" to thedevice, by resisting bending -andbuckling strains and also 'prevents chafing of the cloth vor other fabric of the hat at theT-edges'of the clamping por-v .tions of the saidwings Suitable retaining means in the form of inwardly extending retaining projections 7 with which the wings at are provided pre-' vent the device from slipping or falling oif,

their-marginal edge-portions with a. grasping or holding means, as 8, and the preferred form of such grasping or holding means being made in lines of diamondshapedpr0- I jections, as' clearly indicated in Fig. 2 of the drawings, the various points of which are easily forced into thecreased fabric, as

- 7 will be plearly understood from an inspec- It will bev' evident, however that while tion of Fig.1 of the drawings.

the longitudinally extending marginal clamping or holding means 8, shown in Fig.

' r 2, is thepreferred form, stillI am fully aware that other forms of such clamping or retaining means may be-einployed; and, I

therefore do not limit my present invention to the exact form. of marglnalclamping-or f; retaining prc ectlons as herein shown-.7

1-. A crease-retaining device for hats comprising a pair of Wings joined by a central portion, ,said device being substantially Ushapedf in cross-section so as to be adapted toembrace the crease of .a hat, combined with acontinuous line of inward projections immediately ad acentthe gripping edges of said wings, said retaining means being adapted to be embedded in the surface-portions of the crease of the 'hat so as to retain the said creasing-device in position.

prising a pair of wings joined by a central portion, said device being substantially U-shaped in cross-section so as tobe adapted to embrace the crease of a hat, combined with marginal; retaining means extending inwardly from the gripping edges of said Wings, said marginal retaining means neons'isting of a series of inwardly-extending pointed projections adapted-to be embedded in the surface-portions of thetcrease of the 2. A crease-retaining device for hats comhat sor as to retain the said crease-retaining device in position. V.

3; A crease-retaining device for hats comprising a pair of longitudinallyextending wings joined by a relatively short center portion, said center portionbeing bent upon itself to cause said wings to. cause the device to assume a U-shaped cross-section adapted to embrace the, crease of a hat, combined with marginal retaining means extending from and at the marginal gripp ing edges of said wings, said" marginal retaining means consisting [of a .series of inwardly extended pointed projections adaptedto .be embedded in the surface-portionsr of the ditional retaining projections extending in- Wardly from said wings.

In testimony that I claimithe: invention -70, crease of the'hat so as to .ret'ainthe said V crease-retaining dev1ce,in..pos1t1on, and ad.-

set forth above Irhave hereunto set my hand 1 this 9th day of October, 1919.,

- Witnessesb JRED C. FBVAENTZEL,-V BARBARA SUTTERLIN;

JosEPn KoRN. i i 

